URI101: Planning for Academic Success
CONTACTING DR. YANITY [email protected] | Course Syllabus (available also on Brightspace)
CONTACTING YOUR COURSE MENTOR: Mondays - Michael Petraske | Wednesdays - Abby Forget
CONTACTING YOUR COURSE MENTOR: Mondays - Michael Petraske | Wednesdays - Abby Forget
Week 1. Who are we and what do we have in common?
Wednesday, Sept 3 : Introductions & cultural touchstones
Monday, Sept. 8: Introductions & cultural touchstones
What is due next class: Read the following article
Week 2. Getting started -- What is SMC, anyway?
Wednesday, Sept. 10: Discuss the major, what this class is about & talk about differences between university & HS
Monday, Sept. 15: Discuss the major and what this class is about & talk about differences between university & HS
What is due next class: Check out The Good Five Cent Cigar and WRIU
Week 3. How can I thrive? Student media opportunities!
**Meet outside Memorial Union (door closest to the Ram's Den)
Wednesday, Sept. 17: Meet student media leaders & tour their offices
Monday, Sept. 22: Meet student media leaders & tour their offices
What is due next class: Explore URInvolved, contact one organization and join! (CC your mentor on the email/screenshot the join for credit)
Week 4. Where am I exactly? Campus tour (weather permitting)
** Meet on the Quad outside of Lippitt Hall by the large, round, teal-colored sculpture called "Torsion III" & have this resource handy
Wednesday, Sept. 24: Tour places students SMC students need to know!
Monday, Sept. 29: Tour places students SMC students need to know!
What is due next class: Check out some of the places YOU KNOW YOU WILL NEED (see resource); send selfies in these spaces with an explanation to your mentor for credit.
**Attend the Monday, Sept. 29 SMC freshmen advising meeting -- 7 p.m., Beaupre 105
**AND BRING TO NEXT CLASS: Write it out with your name on it to turn in: "WHAT OVERWHELMS YOU?"
Week 5. Is everything OK? Taking care of your mental health -- and resources for when you feel overwhelmed
Wednesday, Oct. 1: Guest speaker LISA MACARUSO, associate director Academic Testing Center & Inclusive Learning Strategies
Monday, Oct. 6; Guest speaker LISA MACARUSO, associate director Academic Testing Center & Inclusive Learning Strategies
What is due next class: Check out this resource on Brightspace. Bring to class a printed-out version of your curriculum sheet, write your name on it and the name of your academic advisor.
Week 6. NO CLASS!
Wednesday, Oct. 8: PROFESSOR OUT OF TOWN - NO CLASS
Monday, Oct 13: COLUMBUS DAY - NO CLASS
Week 7. Wait, I pick my classes WHEN?
Wednesday, Oct. 15: Guest speaker KATE DURHAM, UCAS adviser. Planning and picking your courses for Spring semester -- yes, already!
Monday, Oct. 20: Guest speaker KATE DURHAM, UCAS adviser. Planning and picking your courses for Spring semester -- yes, already!
What is due next class: Make an appointment with your advisor on Starfish and go to it.
Week 8. Am I the only one? Seeking balance
Wednesday, Oct. 22: Let's talk about how it is all going at the midpoint. Keeping tabs of your physical, social and mental well-being.
Monday, Oct. 27: Let's talk about how it is all going at the midpoint. Keeping tabs of your physical, social and mental well-being.
What is due next class: What is unsettling you? What is settling you?
Week 9. Communicating with professors/Communication Confidential. Resources for self-advocacy
Wednesday, Oct. 29: How to write a professional email
Monday, Nov. 3: Guest speaker BETHANY SCHAARSCHMIDT, academic success specialist
What is due next class: Schedule a meeting with Dr. Yanity (Davis 206)
Week 10. Communication Confidential. Resources for self-advocacy/Communicating with professors
Wednesday, Nov. 5: Guest speaker BETHANY SCHAARSCHMIDT, academic success specialist
Monday, Nov. 10: How to write a professional email
What is due next class: Write an email to a professor; cc Dr. Yanity
Week 11. Where can I find enrichment opportunities
Wednesday, Nov. 12: Internships, professional opportunities and how to find/get them, guest speaker, MOLLY WILLIAMS, career education specialist
Monday, Nov. 17: Internships, professional opportunities and how to find/get them, guest speaker, MOLLY WILLIAMS, career education specialist
What is due next class: Sign up for Handshake and find some opportunities (you don't need to apply; just send to Brightspace)
Week 12. Career? But I only just got here!
Wednesday, Nov. 19: Meet URI alum Chris Hetu, stage manager, ESPN
Monday, Nov. 24: Meet Greg Bouris, president power x communication
What is due next class: Write out what you think you might want to do and the necessary steps to take, people to meet to get there (turn in to Brightspace)
Week 13. What was it like when you first started?
Wednesday, Nov. 26: NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING
Monday, Dec. 1: Let's talk about the semester! Expectations met, expectations unmet? What is next?
Week 14. What was it like when you first started?
Wednesday, Dec. 3: Peer panel party
Monday, Dec. 8: Peer panel party
Wednesday, Sept 3 : Introductions & cultural touchstones
Monday, Sept. 8: Introductions & cultural touchstones
What is due next class: Read the following article
Week 2. Getting started -- What is SMC, anyway?
Wednesday, Sept. 10: Discuss the major, what this class is about & talk about differences between university & HS
Monday, Sept. 15: Discuss the major and what this class is about & talk about differences between university & HS
What is due next class: Check out The Good Five Cent Cigar and WRIU
Week 3. How can I thrive? Student media opportunities!
**Meet outside Memorial Union (door closest to the Ram's Den)
Wednesday, Sept. 17: Meet student media leaders & tour their offices
Monday, Sept. 22: Meet student media leaders & tour their offices
What is due next class: Explore URInvolved, contact one organization and join! (CC your mentor on the email/screenshot the join for credit)
Week 4. Where am I exactly? Campus tour (weather permitting)
** Meet on the Quad outside of Lippitt Hall by the large, round, teal-colored sculpture called "Torsion III" & have this resource handy
Wednesday, Sept. 24: Tour places students SMC students need to know!
Monday, Sept. 29: Tour places students SMC students need to know!
What is due next class: Check out some of the places YOU KNOW YOU WILL NEED (see resource); send selfies in these spaces with an explanation to your mentor for credit.
**Attend the Monday, Sept. 29 SMC freshmen advising meeting -- 7 p.m., Beaupre 105
**AND BRING TO NEXT CLASS: Write it out with your name on it to turn in: "WHAT OVERWHELMS YOU?"
Week 5. Is everything OK? Taking care of your mental health -- and resources for when you feel overwhelmed
Wednesday, Oct. 1: Guest speaker LISA MACARUSO, associate director Academic Testing Center & Inclusive Learning Strategies
Monday, Oct. 6; Guest speaker LISA MACARUSO, associate director Academic Testing Center & Inclusive Learning Strategies
What is due next class: Check out this resource on Brightspace. Bring to class a printed-out version of your curriculum sheet, write your name on it and the name of your academic advisor.
Week 6. NO CLASS!
Wednesday, Oct. 8: PROFESSOR OUT OF TOWN - NO CLASS
Monday, Oct 13: COLUMBUS DAY - NO CLASS
Week 7. Wait, I pick my classes WHEN?
Wednesday, Oct. 15: Guest speaker KATE DURHAM, UCAS adviser. Planning and picking your courses for Spring semester -- yes, already!
Monday, Oct. 20: Guest speaker KATE DURHAM, UCAS adviser. Planning and picking your courses for Spring semester -- yes, already!
What is due next class: Make an appointment with your advisor on Starfish and go to it.
Week 8. Am I the only one? Seeking balance
Wednesday, Oct. 22: Let's talk about how it is all going at the midpoint. Keeping tabs of your physical, social and mental well-being.
Monday, Oct. 27: Let's talk about how it is all going at the midpoint. Keeping tabs of your physical, social and mental well-being.
What is due next class: What is unsettling you? What is settling you?
Week 9. Communicating with professors/Communication Confidential. Resources for self-advocacy
Wednesday, Oct. 29: How to write a professional email
Monday, Nov. 3: Guest speaker BETHANY SCHAARSCHMIDT, academic success specialist
What is due next class: Schedule a meeting with Dr. Yanity (Davis 206)
Week 10. Communication Confidential. Resources for self-advocacy/Communicating with professors
Wednesday, Nov. 5: Guest speaker BETHANY SCHAARSCHMIDT, academic success specialist
Monday, Nov. 10: How to write a professional email
What is due next class: Write an email to a professor; cc Dr. Yanity
Week 11. Where can I find enrichment opportunities
Wednesday, Nov. 12: Internships, professional opportunities and how to find/get them, guest speaker, MOLLY WILLIAMS, career education specialist
Monday, Nov. 17: Internships, professional opportunities and how to find/get them, guest speaker, MOLLY WILLIAMS, career education specialist
What is due next class: Sign up for Handshake and find some opportunities (you don't need to apply; just send to Brightspace)
Week 12. Career? But I only just got here!
Wednesday, Nov. 19: Meet URI alum Chris Hetu, stage manager, ESPN
Monday, Nov. 24: Meet Greg Bouris, president power x communication
What is due next class: Write out what you think you might want to do and the necessary steps to take, people to meet to get there (turn in to Brightspace)
Week 13. What was it like when you first started?
Wednesday, Nov. 26: NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING
Monday, Dec. 1: Let's talk about the semester! Expectations met, expectations unmet? What is next?
Week 14. What was it like when you first started?
Wednesday, Dec. 3: Peer panel party
Monday, Dec. 8: Peer panel party